Douglas Burton Email and Phone Number

Doug Burton specializes in writing about Nigeria and security issues in the Middle East. He won a first place award for investigative journalism in religious Liberty from the Catholic Media Association. Many of his articles have appeared in leading positions in The Epoch Times, Catholic News Agency and the Washington Times. Doug’s also has expertise in event creation, writing, reporting, direct mail and sales. His ability is to publicize events that will find for you new allies by showcasing your hidden strengths. He will help you get your message out to a broader public with strong web content and with events that local media will want to cover. He will assist you to tell your story well and draw together willing teams of stakeholders, opinion leaders and issue activists. The events he produces for you will have the buy-in of government leaders, nonprofits, youth, women and minorities. Doug also is a free-media trainer: he will train your staff or volunteers in your organization to apply his proven methods of media coverage.Doug’s record as a behind-the-scenes media strategist: • In 2006, as a press officer in Iraq, he created free media campaigns that rescued a government outreach program in crisis. Result: applications for scholarships to U.S. universities tripled.• In 2009 Doug‘s free media campaign led to seven first–ever positive stories about a little understood nonprofit. Doug was promoted to the senior position in public affairs.• In 2011, Doug created a media campaign in Philadelphia to protest an unfair story about his employer. Result: a complete reversal of coverage three weeks later.From 1983 to 2004, Doug served as Associate Editor, Insight on the News, at the Washington Times Corporation. He recruited, edited and published essays from 12 cabinet-level secretaries from both Clinton and Bush administrations, and more than 250 Congressmen.